European Research Council (ERC @ERC_Research@respublicae.eu

Is #lithium really a decarbonisation gamechanger?🔋
While lithium's role is significant, @cristobalbonell of @UvA_Amsterdam stresses the need to address the environmental, social, and economic context surrounding its extraction and use.
Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/44h3bIV

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1688490202929737728

Not going anywhere this summer? Why not visit your local modern art #museum?
David Burr @UNI_FIRENZE looks at how #artwork descriptions affect the quality of visitors’ #aesthetic experience.
👉 https://bit.ly/3rEhRTJ
@CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1687735238078947328

Congratulations👏 for this great result and for the article in #Nature journal to our grantee @CedricBlanpain!
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Cedric Blanpain: Delighted to share our new publication in @nature describing the first pharmacological approach that targets EMT, decreases metastasis and sensitizes cancer cells to chemotherapy in preclinical models of tumor with EMT https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06372-2
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1687466078006292480

#Cancer treatment can cause health problems later in life, including secondary cancers
ERC grantee Ruben van Boxtel is studying DNA mutations in the blood cells of leukemia patients to ensure a healthy life for cancer survivors
👉 http://bit.ly/3NQPwSA
@prinsesmaximac

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1683371490107088896

How to increase the rate of a chemical reaction?
Using #catalysis!
ERC funded researchers use it to help develop greener and more sustainable industrial processes.
Info ⬇️ https://bit.ly/2W4k8aR
#Catalyst #EUGreenDeal @CORDIS_EU @OMCOSBoard #OMCOS21 #OrganicSynthesis

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1683824420908044288

What if damaged brain cells could be replaced?
ERC grantee Malin Parmar at @lunduniversity has developed innovative genetic reprogramming techniques, opening up new therapeutic pathways to combat disorders like #Parkinsons and #Alzheimers.
Read more 👉https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/repairable-brain-cell-reprogramming-halt-neurodegenerative-disease
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EU Commission Malta: EU research is driving scientific breakthroughs that can improve our health.
@ERC_Research
provides funding to researchers to create radically new knowledge such as biotechnology innovation to treat neurodegenerative disease.
Learn more with our #EUDataCrunch ↓
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684127191473311744

“Soundscape is usually treated as an object, but we want to take the opposite approach, treating soundscape as a production"
ERC grantee @gasciaouzounian from @UniofOxford is developing creative approaches toward sound in urban environments. 🎶 Listen 👇 https://bit.ly/3NbgaEi

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684156635500118016

Advances in #technology are widening the gap between those able to thrive in the job market and those that fall behind 💼
ERC grantee Pedro Carneiro @EconUCL is researching how family dynamics play into a child's success in a rapidly changing world.
👉 https://bit.ly/443sbCW

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684503941462245378

📣The results of the second round of ERC Proof of Concept Grant call are out.
66 researchers are to receive €150k each to explore commercial or societal potential of the results of their research projects.
Read more:👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-funds-66-grantees-unlock-commercial-and-societal-potential-their-research
#ERCPoC #FrontierResearch

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684505618152054785

Two ERC-funded teams joining forces! 💪
@AVitaleB and @d_giovannelli are on a field trip in Mongolia together. They want to find clues on how deep energy, sourced from the deep Earth, can reach and sustain microbial life in the underground!
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Alberto VItale Brovarone: Skylining the Naran massif, western Mongolia, looking for traces of deep energy and deep life with the #DeepSeep and #CoEvolve teams. Massive thanks to our guide @borisbayar11. @deep_carbon @d_giovannelli @jacopaso @VeronicaPeve @ERC_Research @Unibo @UninaIT
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684556636541931526

🌍 #DYK that 354 million people live with viral hepatitis today?
🦠 Mathias Heikenwälder @CancerInflam used anti-platelet therapy to successfully reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
👉 https://bit.ly/46iHUzQ
@CORDIS_EU @DKFZ #WorldHepatitisDay #WHD2023 #HepCantWait

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684821051732279296

On #NatureConservationDay, read about how @BarbaraMazzolai is mapping the social network of trees.
Through robotics and AI, she is creating plant-like prototypes that mimic the behavior of roots within the network of trees, fungi and bacteria 👉 https://bit.ly/43K5gvE
@IITalk

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684873848855130112

💼 Are you looking for a PhD position or a Post-Doc job?
📚 Browse through vacancies in ERC-funded research teams 👇
https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/timelines/1399385761724649480
#careers #jobsearch #research #EUfunded #PhDposition #postdocjobs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684912151478341632

The #SalzburgSummit, under the patronage of @JHahnEU, is drawing to a close.
ERC President Maria Leptin took part in a debate on “Geopolitics of innovation: Has Europe lost the battle?”, where she stressed the important role of curiosity-driven frontier science for innovation.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1684958257545105408

Considering applying for an ERC grant this year? You probably already know there have been some changes to the ERC's research assessment procedures and forms. If you want to know what they are, why they were implemented AND get some initial tips 👇 https://erc.europa.eu/erc-magazine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1685591066505068545

How can we decipher the language of #design?🖌️
Adrien Bousseau @Inria is translating hand-drawn designs into 3D digital projects by enabling more natural communication between computers and artists.
Read about how he does this 👉 https://bit.ly/3r3lKRY
🇪🇺#EUfunded

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1686315891674218497

💡If you already have one of our main grants (#ERCStG, #ERCCoG, #ERCAdG or #ERCSyG), you can still throw your hat into the ring and apply for #ERCPoC grant. The next deadline is on 21 September 2023.
More on this at https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept
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European Research Council (ERC): 📣The results of the second round of ERC Proof of Concept Grant call are out.
66 researchers are to receive €150k each to explore commercial or societal potential of the results of their research projects.
Read more:👉 https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-funds-66-grantees-unlock-commercial-and-societal-potential-their-research
#ERCPoC #FrontierResearch
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1686361386652422144

Researchers in some parts of Europe haven't fared well in ERC grant competitions.
Why is this, and how the situation can be improved? In ERC Magazine's Spring issue, we shared our own views as well as opinions of researchers.
👉 https://bit.ly/ERCMGZWidening

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1686678286146187264

It’s hard not to come across someone sharing a personal success story on social media.
Learn more about ERC grantee @L__Vandenbosch from @KU_Leuven and her research focusing on these narratives’ effects on teenagers. 🎧👂 https://bit.ly/4651ZJs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1687010418630561792

An eco-friendly alternative to air conditioning? 🧊
Silvia Vignolini @VignoliniLab has developed a plant-based film that gets colder when exposed to sunlight and could cool buildings without the need of external power.
@Cambridge_Uni
Read more 👇 https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/28/could-this-colourful-plant-based-film-replace-the-need-for-air-conditioning

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1683054349885526019